ALBANY -- After crashing into a squad car with a stolen pickup truck and leading police on a chase, a 44-year-old Albany man faces multiple charges stemming from the incident, police said.

Joseph Wagner was charged with criminal possession of stolen property in the third degree, second-degree reckless endangerment and criminal mischief in the fourth degree.

He was arraigned in Albany City Criminal Court on Thanksgiving.

During a traffic stop at the intersection of Delaware and Myrtle avenues late Wednesday afternoon, police discovered the Nissan pickup Wagner was driving had been reported stolen in Menands.

When Officers Christopher McCoy and Kevin Boniface approached Wagner in the Nissan, he allegedly threw the truck into reverse and hit the gas, narrowly missing the cops before striking their cruiser.

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Wagner put the truck in drive and took off, with the police in pursuit.

But they lost sight of him and gave up the chase. A few minutes later, two other officers found the stolen truck abandoned at McCarty Avenue and Nutgrove Lane in the South End, while another pair of cops spotted Wagner walking on Benjamin Street and arrested him.